tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post5700513287948818007..comments2023-05-10T04:07:01.657-07:00Comments on Me So Thorny: Pot GhettoChad Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179848656904542902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-81080061984660802662011-09-11T13:42:35.424-07:002011-09-11T13:42:35.424-07:00Toni - I really did keep nail clippings . . . and ...Toni - I really did keep nail clippings . . . and I can't really believe it myself either. <br /><br />I once saw someone use terra cotta shards as a mulch for a small bed. Maybe you could do something like that with your broken pots?Chad Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179848656904542902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-51313017066806294542011-09-10T20:52:56.829-07:002011-09-10T20:52:56.829-07:00Okay. I wanted to say something about pot hoarding...Okay. I wanted to say something about pot hoarding, but I just can't get by the toenail clippings comment. Maybe my collection of old rusted worn-out pruners, loppers, and shears isn't so bad after all, sitting right next to my pile of broken pots that I never know when I might need again. I do have a lot of pots, but 99% of them are full of plants (Thank you, Casa Mariposa) -- well, the ones that haven't fried in our awfully hot summer. Toenail clippings? Really? You did that?!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862726143727717921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-14551804262260695352011-08-30T16:56:08.554-07:002011-08-30T16:56:08.554-07:00I have a couple of those areas ha-ha-ha! I guess I...I have a couple of those areas ha-ha-ha! I guess I need to take a hint and find a bit of balance... Then ago procrastination is biting at my ankles... Kudos to those who can free themselves of items that are ready to be recycled...Butriflihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471963933736964882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-30242208369696366962011-08-27T08:09:37.101-07:002011-08-27T08:09:37.101-07:00Sometimes I think we are teetering on the edge of ...Sometimes I think we are teetering on the edge of being hoarders because we also have a hard time letting go of things. I, too, love books and always think I will get around to reading them again. More recently, I have found all these things a bit tiresome and have been getting rid of a lot. I hope we can find the balance. It seems you are finding your balance...great job!The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-58368018228205060462011-08-27T05:45:37.968-07:002011-08-27T05:45:37.968-07:00Chad, I've been reading your blog for a while ...Chad, I've been reading your blog for a while this morning, as I just found it. Well I like the way you write and the pregnant squirrel post really made me laugh very loudly. Luckily I was on my own. Alberto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-71791669376466984132011-08-26T00:08:15.473-07:002011-08-26T00:08:15.473-07:00Hi Chad...thanks for popping into my blog. Yours w...Hi Chad...thanks for popping into my blog. Yours was the first blog I found in blotanical that I really loved. I really only put my favorites on my blog and I put you right on. I am a blog addict, and I spend at least two hours a day (I'm a night owl) reading postings and looking for fun new blogs. Thank you for doing what you do so darned well. I'll be watching you!! :-)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-79270620019590558072011-08-25T23:04:22.015-07:002011-08-25T23:04:22.015-07:00Holley, you've got it made it sounds like. My...Holley, you've got it made it sounds like. My wife wouldn't dare throw away a pot . . . maybe I should let her know that it wouldn't be so bad if she happened to do that.<br /><br />Casa - I like you're way of thinking.Chad Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179848656904542902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-59872609042088302312011-08-25T19:54:17.798-07:002011-08-25T19:54:17.798-07:00Extra pots? Are you kidding? There is NO such thin...Extra pots? Are you kidding? There is NO such thing! It just means you haven't finished filling them. Go get more plants, man! You have pots to fill!!Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-74794109071694793912011-08-25T14:43:51.657-07:002011-08-25T14:43:51.657-07:00I'm lucky. My husband will occasionally throw...I'm lucky. My husband will occasionally throw away all my extra pots. Then I have to replace them! Of course, like you say, tastes change, so I always get a different style/size, etc. I tell him that I have to keep replacing the pots he throws away, but we both know I would just keep buying them anyway, so it's best he throws them away. I would hate to be on Hoarders!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-84030773724123730932011-08-25T07:51:38.464-07:002011-08-25T07:51:38.464-07:00Those plastic nursery pots do pose another problem...Those plastic nursery pots do pose another problem. From what I understand, a lot of recycling companies don't have the ability to process them or it isn't economically feasible for them to do so. I hate to just throw them in the trash though. I have heard that some nurseries will take them back but I haven't found any in my area that do.Chad Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179848656904542902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697737974013665829.post-74769015142794557442011-08-25T05:11:39.695-07:002011-08-25T05:11:39.695-07:00Your potting ghetto is probably had by so many gar...Your potting ghetto is probably had by so many gardeners. You have a way of zeroing in on things so common to all in such a humorous way. I do not have a pot ghetto at my house anymore as I purged it long ago, but there is worse at the farm. There is a very large potting shed, actually a barn, filled to the roof with pots.Filled so you can barely enter the building. Not pretty pots either, but those your annuals and perennials come in from the nursery. Now why the workers keep them I do not know. They never reuse them since all potting is done in the field with the trees and shrubs in grower's pots. Well to make a long comment short, I am the only one that uses the pots for plant sales and am glad they hoard the heck out of them. It keeps my garage tidy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com